By: J.S.,STA
The National Assembly passed a bill on emergency measures in healthcare which the government had fast-tracked through parliament.
The bill, worth EUR 66.6 million, introduces some temporary measures to deal with the consequences of the coronavirus epidemic while also seeking to cut long waiting times. The legislation provides a basis for extending several measures, including subsidies for workers in quarantine or in case of force majeure from 1 July until the end of 2021. It extends into 2022 a tender which also allows private doctors to help cut waiting times in the public system, which has earned it criticism of fostering privatisation.